One Thousand Six Hundred and Thirteen. The Strongest Surprise Weapon!

Sun Ce was very excited! Whiteside's use of physical fitness when grabbing rebounds was too exaggerated. The opposite Gion was 5 kg thinner than Whiteside, and his physical fitness was not inferior to Whiteside, and his athletic ability was even stronger, but he was completely eaten by Whiteside! Whiteside is much better than Gion in terms of using his body and grasping the timing of exerting force.

It's not that Gion is bad at rebounding. Gion averaged 13 minutes per game this season and 5 rebounds per game. If he played more than 20 minutes per game, he would definitely have 7-9 rebounds per game, not to mention 10 rebounds per game.

Although it was just one ball, it was obvious that Whiteside was completely better at rebounding than Gion.

Moreover, Sun Ce was also confused. Whether Whiteside was picking and rolling or passing, his position judgment and vision were not very good.

But his position sense and judgment of teammates' movements when grabbing rebounds were very good!

Whiteside grabbed the offensive rebound and got an assist that would not be counted in the statistics. He was very excited. He felt that he could do it this time!

Gion is very outstanding among the rookies in the 2013 class, especially the lottery picks. He is currently regarded as one of the most talented inside players in the 2013 class. At present, only Noel, whose talent is still unknown, is still remembered by people. The rookie year performance of the 2013 class is indeed quite bleak. McCaw, the little bully who jumped off the building, locked in the best rookie after playing for half a season.

Although Gion is not particularly outstanding at present, he is also a rotation center for a Western Conference playoff-level team. Whiteside judged that he had an advantage over Gion, and his confidence naturally increased.

Whiteside did not say that he felt so great when he returned to the NBA. Confidence was accumulated bit by bit. It’s just that his physical talent and awareness, which he showed in his freshman year, are still there.

Whiteside’s freshman performance was not bad. He was the best defensive player in the United States, the best rookie of the year, and had three blocked triple-doubles in his freshman season. The last item, since the history of NCAA blocks, no player has been able to do it in his freshman season.

However, this was only for Sun Ce, the "insider", and Whiteside himself who were excited. The Timberwolves just lost a defensive rebound, which was no big deal, and the Grizzlies didn't think it was a big deal.

When the Timberwolves attacked, Love wanted to get a shot from Richard Jefferson in the low post and play a stable ball. He was confident that he could score before Sun Ce's help defense arrived.

When Love easily pushed Richard Jefferson away and turned left and shot with his right hand, Whiteside, who was under the basket, caught the ball directly with his super wingspan like Duncan and his much stronger bounce than Duncan now!

Because he didn't take Whiteside, the firefighter signed by the Grizzlies, seriously, Love suffered a big loss!

This block scared Love! He turned quickly and grabbed the ball and shot quickly, but Whiteside just blocked it directly!

Love quickly retreated, and Gion, whose impact was ignored, also quickly retreated.

Whiteside's shot made the fans jump up excitedly. They couldn't treat Whiteside differently for the offensive rebound just now. Larry Sanders and Yi Jianlian could do it, but this time the block was too beautiful!

However, it also exposed a problem. Whiteside's block also meant that the defensive rebound completely ended the Timberwolves' offensive round just now, but he was slow to pass the ball. When he passed it to Beverley, the opponent had already retreated to the half court.

Offense is part of defense. The Grizzlies lost the opportunity to start a fast break, and the success rate of offense was affected, which naturally weakened their defense success rate.

But at least this ball was defended!

Watching Beverley advance, Sun Ce continued to play singles outside. Coach Hollins took out a small notebook and wrote: The sense of blocking is as amazing as the tryout, not afraid of the stage, and dare to make moves after making judgments...

Looking back on the court, Sun Ce received the ball in the frontcourt and encountered Brewer's close defense.

Sun Ce asked Richard Jefferson to pick and roll, and continued to shoot three-pointers against Love after the pick and roll... but still missed!

Whiteside, who was already excited, grabbed the offensive rebound again! Richard Jefferson, who found an open space, immediately passed the ball.

Richard Jefferson, who received the ball, faced Brewer's defense and immediately looked for Sun Ce. Sun Ce used his speed to get rid of Love, received the ball, Kevin Martin made up for it, and Sun Ce passed it to Klay Thompson again.

Klay Thompson received the ball, and Barea, who came up to defend, was miserable. The opponent once again ignored his existence and shot directly after receiving the ball!

In the previous round, Sun Ce made a three-pointer. In this round, Klay Thompson received the ball and shot. It was very easy to find the shooting feeling and found the shooting feeling. He received Sun Ce's pass and made a three-pointer!

28 to 21, the Grizzlies' lead expanded to 7 points!

The Grizzlies' offensive climax began!

The Timberwolves were totally unprepared for Whiteside's performance. They thought Whiteside was just a fireman for the Grizzlies after they lost Valanciunas, wanted to rest Yi Jianlian, and Gobert had talent but had not yet developed it. They thought he was just like a temporary player signed by the general Development League, nothing special.

But Whiteside got 3 rebounds and 1 block in two offensive and defensive rounds - a real surprise!

No one knew him, and no one had prepared for him at all. Love, who was strong in rebounding ability, suffered a big loss in the following period!

If Whiteside had repeatedly grabbed offensive rebounds from other inside players today, it would not be a big deal, at most it would be surprising, but Whiteside played for more than 11 minutes from the second half of the first quarter to the official timeout in the second quarter, grabbed 6 offensive rebounds, 3 of which were converted into points for teammates, 1 of his own tip-in, two regular defensive rebounds, and 1 rebound that was blocked. In less than 12 minutes, he got 6 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 blocks!

This is the data he got against Love who did not rest for a quarter and a half! The effect is different. Back to the first NBA game, Whiteside played a crazy performance in the T.N.T national live broadcast.

Counting dead balls, timeouts, and intermissions, from Whiteside's appearance to the Grizzlies widening the gap to 11 points and the Timberwolves calling a timeout to enter the second quarter intermission, in just over half an hour, the Internet has begun to frantically search for the term "Grizzlies new center", and Google search engine has directly become a hot search!

Although Love scored 19 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in one and a half quarters, and helped the Timberwolves keep the score close with the reckless shooting of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson and Paul George who appeared in the second quarter, his performance was obviously much better than Whiteside.

However, Whiteside is just a firefighter who has only played 19 NBA games in 4 years. It is surprising enough to play such a performance.

The key is that Love couldn't grab rebounds from Whiteside. This is a direct comparison!

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56 to 45, when the official timeout came, teammates came up and high-fived Whiteside.

It was so beautiful! They heard about Whiteside's excellent performance during the tryout, but they didn't expect this guy to play so violently against Love!

Although there are factors such as the opponent not understanding him and not being prepared, he can seize the opportunity, which is strength! In terms of offensive rebounds alone, under the same circumstances, Randolph probably has such a performance, and he is a few years younger.

Sun Ce was very excited to shoot. He played for 18 and a half minutes and made 3 of 9 three-pointers... Four of his misses were turned into offensive rebounds by Whiteside. Others did not assist Whiteside that much. On the one hand, Klay Thompson shot accurately, while Beverley, Paul George, and Richard Jefferson did not shoot much.

In addition, Love's enthusiasm for defensive rebounds increased significantly in the second quarter. Whiteside only had two offensive rebounds in the second and a half quarters, and the other four were taken in the second half of the first quarter.

Sun Ce looked at the data of himself, Whiteside, and Klay Thompson on the big screen.

Klay Thompson made 3 of 4 three-pointers and scored 9 points. Two of the three-pointers were made by Sun after he made them, when Klay Thompson's confidence increased and it was easier to find his touch.

Whiteside 6+9+2.

Sun himself made 6 of 14 shots, plus 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 18 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block, and 1 steal.

His own poor shooting percentage is just over 40%, and his team can still play so well on offense. This is the first time for Sun Ce after Randolph was injured!

However, he was too excited, sometimes it was just pure excitement. Sun Ce, who was replaced, was ready to adjust his mentality. He felt that he was a little too excited and did not control himself well, otherwise he could play better.

Moreover, Whiteside's performance was not without flaws, but there were many problems.

After Love got serious, Whiteside's defensive performance was not so good. Instead, the Timberwolves took advantage of his problem of not defending pick-and-roll. The Timberwolves just tried to use Barea and Dieng to play pick-and-roll, but Whiteside went to the free throw line and did not expand.

It was only in the second half of the first quarter that the Timberwolves were surprised by Whiteside's 4 offensive rebounds in more than 5 minutes, and the score difference was opened by 10 points in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Timberwolves were prepared. Although they had no good way to stop Whiteside from rushing for rebounds, they chose to double-team. They would rather give Sun Ce and Richard Jefferson the opportunity to rush for rebounds than give Whiteside the opportunity to attack rebounds. At least they limited Whiteside's data from taking off.

Moreover, the offensive end made good use of Whiteside's defect of not liking to go to the high position, and played the pick-and-roll high-position shooting and baseline counter-run tactics. In the second half of the first quarter, the Timberwolves scored only 8 points in the first half of the quarter by Whiteside. In the first half of the second quarter, the score was 16 to 17. When the Grizzlies' offense had exploded, with 39 points in the first quarter and 17 points in the second half, they held on tightly and were not further widened by the Grizzlies.

However, there is no doubt that having Whiteside is definitely a good thing for their Grizzlies. Without Whiteside, they can't open the gap so easily. If the opponent's offense still explodes, maybe it's the Grizzlies who are 10 points behind now!

To get the benefits of Whiteside's offensive rebounds and defense against layups, you have to face his shortcomings. Overall, this is a player with more advantages than disadvantages.

After analyzing Whiteside's strengths and weaknesses in the past 11 minutes of playing time, Sun Ce began to adjust his mentality.

As for the coaching staff, just this one game, it feels that giving Whiteside a guaranteed contract for the rest of this season and next season is worth it!

Coach Hollins is very glad that Sun Ce proposed to give this guy a contract with a two-year team option after the 2+1+1, which gives them another option in their future plans!

As for those flaws, Coach Hollins thinks Sun Ce is right - a minimum-salary player, do you still expect him to have the defensive dominance of Howard at his peak?

This signing is a big win!

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In the second half of the second quarter, the Grizzlies replaced Beverley, Tony Allen, Paul George, Amir Johnson, and Larry Sanders and began to sharpen their defense.

Since the trade of Gasol, half a season has passed, and the running-in of this lineup has been getting better and better. Originally, facing the Timberwolves, it should be the inside combination of Larry Sanders and Valanciunas, with a meat shield, but fortunately, their lineup is also good at defending passes and cuts.

In the second half of the second quarter, the Grizzlies relied on defense, and when Love went crazy in the second half and got 6 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, they firmly held the lead. At the end of the half, the Grizzlies led the Timberwolves by 8 points 68 to 60 and entered the halftime break.

The Timberwolves scored 60 points in the first half, and the opponent was irritated by Whiteside. Whiteside was lazy except for blocking shots, rebounding and positioning. Fans on the Internet said that this guy is really suitable for their Grizzlies.

But more importantly, the team's overall defense is not good.

Sun Ce knows where the team has problems, but this problem is unsolvable. After discussing with the coaching staff, it can only be left unresolved.

The reason why the defense has not been good is that they must maintain firepower on the offensive end, because now in their Grizzlies, only Sun can open up!

In the past, there was Randolph. If you fight the defense to death, you can find Randolph if you can't make a shot from the outside. Now they only have Sun Ce in their Grizzlies. Paul George is still immature, and Klay Thompson is a shooter.

In most games, Sun Ce's focus is definitely on maintaining the team's full-court offense. If he grinds the defense, he has to go for it, and then the team loses continuity.

Grinding defense may not make much difference in the record, but it is obviously more tiring to play offense and more prone to injury. In the case of losing Randolph, the coaching staff naturally chose to attack because they have the capital.

This is an unsolvable problem. If Randolph is absent, they can just find someone to replace him.

Otherwise, the Grizzlies would not want to trade Gasol and Paul George plus their draft picks for Love.

After the halftime break, the Grizzlies continued to send out a defensive lineup, with Beverley, Tony Allen, Prince, Amir Johnson, and Larry Sanders continuing to play.

This lineup change was beyond the Timberwolves' expectations.

Love, who played the entire first half, scored 25 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1 steal. After the halftime break, he was ready to fight Whiteside, who was about to play, in the third quarter and was ready to compete with the Grizzlies in offense.

But the Grizzlies did not attack at the beginning of the second half, but chose to grind defense. Adelman really did not expect this operation. With the increase of age and the change of times, Adelman's judgment of the situation has become worse and worse.

This caught the Timberwolves off guard. In the second half of the second quarter, the Grizzlies' defense was okay, just not letting the opponent soar, but it was not very good. But at the beginning of the third quarter, in 3 minutes and 55 seconds, the Timberwolves did not score a single field goal, and only relied on free throws to get 4 points.

Although the Grizzlies only got 5 points, they made several Timberwolves players suffer enough!

At 3 minutes and 55 seconds, Kevin Martin missed a three-pointer against Tony Allen's defense. Love grabbed the offensive rebound and made a tip-in, causing Larry Sanders to foul and go to the free throw line again. The Grizzlies took the opportunity to make a substitution, five in and five out!

Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, and Whiteside played, and coach Hollins made substitutions from time to time.

Love made two free throws, raising his personal score to 29 points, plus 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1 steal, which was a great stat.

But at this time, Love saw the Grizzlies' lineup and felt a little desperate...

Love's feeling was right, and Sun Ce, who returned to the court in the third quarter, was soaring!

In the second half of the first quarter, after Whiteside came up and grabbed a beautiful offensive rebound, Sun Ce played a little bit. Sometimes he just shot for the sake of shooting, without making more choices, and even without looking for a better chance to shoot. As long as he found Whiteside in the right position, he would just throw it.

After a 10-minute break and halftime, Sun Ce calmed down.

Sun Ce, who returned to the court, shot when he should, passed when he should, and broke through when he should. When Love retreated to help Pekovic and Whiteside grab rebounds, Sun Ce used the pick-and-roll to get close to the middle and close distance. When the opponent expanded to defend from the outside, he mainly shot from a distance.

The hot state since the All-Star Weekend continues. Sun Ce even made a three-pointer at a 45-degree angle on the right tonight!

From the 3:55 of the third quarter to the 6:11 of the fourth quarter, Sun Ce made 10 of 14 shots in 14 and a half minutes, including 3 of 4 three-pointers, plus 2 of 3 free throws, and scored 25 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block, and 2 steals, leading the team to a score of 37 to 24.

When Sun Ce passed the ball to Whiteside for the last time to help Whiteside increase his personal score to 10 points, the Grizzlies were already leading the Timberwolves by 20 points with 110 to 90!

With less than 6 minutes left and trailing by 20 points, the Timberwolves saw that Sun Ce had 43 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists... they called a timeout and surrendered.

If he keeps playing like this, Sun Ce will surely get another 50+ triple-double!

Looking at Whiteside, who was panting heavily after playing for 25 minutes, but whose static physical fitness was so good that he could dunk on tiptoe...the fans at the scene were so excited tonight!